In the Union of the Spirit: Cesar Chavez and the Quest for Farmworker Justice
Daniel P. Rhodes discusses Cesar Chavez, who organized farmworkers through strikes, boycotts, and pickets—and through less common organizing practices...
Can I Get a Witness? The Podcast
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An audio companion to the book Can I Get a Witness?
Solomon’s Son: The Wise Tenderness of Howard Thurman
Donyelle McCray discusses Howard Thurman, civil rights leader, preacher, writer, mystic and thinker who was a mentor to Dr. King and the founder of th...
Setting the Captives Free: Yuri Kochiyama and Her Lifelong Fight Against Unjust Imprisonment
Grace Y. Kao reflects on Yuri Kochiyama, an activist known for her cross-racial solidarity work on causes such as reparations, Puerto Rican independen...
Dreaming and Doing: Howard Kester and His Search for Prophetic Christianity
Peter Slade discusses Howard Kester, an activist and organizer known for his work with the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union and for the reports he wrote...
We Who Believe in Freedom: Ella Baker’s Creed
Nichole M. Flores shares her research and reflections on Ella Baker, a civil rights activist and organizer whose work in the civil rights movement foc...
The Conflict of Flesh and Spirit: A Reading of Dorothy Day
Carlene Bauer discusses Dorothy Day, a writer, editor, journalist, and activist best known for being one of the founders of the Catholic Worker moveme...
Befitting the Dignity of a Human Being: John A. Ryan, Father of the Living Wage
Heather A. Warren reflects on John A. Ryan, a Catholic priest who worked for labor reform and coined the phrase “a living wage” in the early 1900s. He...
Living into the Prophetic Voice: Frank William Stringfellow’s Greatest Witness
Becca Stevens shares her insights on William Stringfellow, an activist, writer, and lawyer whose prophetic voice called the church—and many other inst...
I Will Move on Up a Little Higher: Mahalia Jackson’s Power to Witness through Music
W. Ralph Eubanks discusses Mahalia Jackson, the great gospel singer who was a tenacious, savvy, quiet witness for justice. Ralph illuminates Jackson’s...
Standing Tall: Richard Twiss, a Witness to Native American Humanity
Soong-Chan Rah reflects on Richard Twiss, a Native American writer, speaker, scholar, and activist, whose witness to Evangelicals (and beyond) critiqu...